- Jurel by Webster's
... the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.
- genus caranx by WordNet
nounType genus of the Carangidae.synonyms: Caranx
- Carangoid by Webster's
... a.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
- Cavally by Webster's
... n.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.].
- jack by Clara Tate
... , consisting of a fork-shaped device on the end of a pivoted lever on which a plectrum is mounted any of various tropical and subtropical carangid fishes, esp those of the genus Caranx, such as C. Hippos. (crevalle jack) one of the pieces used in the game of jacksjack. Archaic a drinking vessel, often of leather